The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-09-15
WHO rs RESPONSIBILITY
If Martin College is Damaged by the Suit,
Will She Recover
10 LIE CITIZEN.

To The CITIZEN.
1t is evident that unless addition
al buildings are furnished at Mar
tin College the number Of pupils
must hereafter be limited. l am
told by the trustees of the school
that the additions required to meet
the demand will cost $4,000 to
$4,000 according to the plan
adopted, and that they are unwiil-
ing to incur this debt while the
litigation with the Methodist
Church now pending is hanging
over them, and likely not to be de-
cided for one or two years until the
supreme court can reach the case.
1t appears that a serious damage
is thus being done by the tendency
Of this litigation and the probable
ty of others which this one has
given excuse for. / would like to
ask is there no remedy for this? Is
nobody responsible for this damage
to the school, the ladies who have it
in charge and the community? 1t
seems to me that the trustees are
too slow and "mealy mouthed" in
this matter. They should furnish
the accommodations needed, and
they should also proceed at once or
as soon as practicable to hold these
gentlemen responsible by suit for
damages for their interference with
the business of the school. No ia
dividual would allow his private
business to be thus interfered with
without demanding and obtaining
redress through the courts, and the
trustees of this charity owe it to the
public to see that Martin College is
not interfered with with impunity
Besides it seems from the com
munication of Methodist" some
weeks ago that the Tennessee con
ference if she were mean and secta
rian enough she could hold the
property ds.pits the decisions of the
courts. Now if there is any church
or other organization in this coun
try that is able to thus defy OF
evade the law and the courts the
sooner it is known the better
Since the facts have been made
public it is apparent that there is
no chance for the church to hold
the property on either legal or NOR
al grounds and if gentlemen viii
persist in hampering the institution
with useless litigation just to ''tes
the question:" experimenting witt
the courts, they should be made tt
answer the damage thus done
Some of the gentlemen who brought
the present suit are solvent and
now that they know the facts have
no excuse for their persistency il
pressing the litigation merely be-
cause it is the wish of others who
have more immediate and con
trolling interest in the promotion
of the church than in the success o
the school, and if they persist il
such course could and should b.
made to respond for all the dana
ges sustained and not as some ma,
suppose for the comparatively small
item Of the costs of the suit only.
To say that they could be hell
only according to the terms of tn
cost bond executed by them in tbi
suit is an error. And they ar
clearly liable for damages, over AM
above the costs OF the suit, TO tn
school and to the ladies In charg
without bond-the only questio
being, are they solvent?
| In conclusion it seems to m
these gentlemen could manifest
much more effective interest i
Martin College by contributing t
erect the necessary buildings tina
in pulling down those alread
erected by means Of law suits.
CITIZEN AND METHODIST.